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OBSESSIVE‐COMPULSIVE ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR PARENTS: A PSYCHOMETRIC STUDY
Author(s) -
Clark David A.,
Bolton Derek
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1985.tb02265.x
Subject(s) - psychology , citation , child and adolescent psychiatry , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , library science , computer science
The present study examined obsessive personality traits and achievement expectations of parents with an obsessive-compulsive adolescent. The Leyton Obsessional Inventory (LOI) and rating scales of occupational and educational aspirations and expectations were administered to both parents and the adolescent of 12 families with an obsessional adolescent and 10 families having an anxious, nonobsessional son or daughter. The parents' LOI scores were similar in the two groups, though higher than normal adults on the trait and resistance scales. The obsessional adolescents perceived their parents to hold significantly higher career demands for them than the anxious adolescents.